All About Preparing For Primary One

[sleepy]

Actually, I've not been keeping track of tingxie and spelling in kindy, only know they are tested when my dd asked me to sign her book :lol:

[janet88]

Mrsbongz:

But I told the teachers in school that I only want him to try.. as long as he tried his best, I'm satisfied.. and I do not want them to pressure or stress him out over the score.. They r only in K2, no need to make life so stressed for them.. the teacher was shocked.. haha.. but I still want my son to remember his childhood fondly..

Where tingxie/spelling is concerned, I told my daughter to do what she can, no need to get all correct. Like what you mentioned, it's the last year (last few months in K2), why get stressed up over this ? I'm taking a laid-back attitude since it's just 2 1/2 months more.

[minnie2004]

janet_lee88:

Daughter's Chinese name is relatively easy to write. I taught her to recognize her name in nursery. At K1, I held her hand to teach her to write in those big sq exercise books.


With 5 months more to go, I'm reminding myself to take it easy for K2.
Don't want to stress and make her 'ANTI-primary school'. But she really drove me nuts last night...could be partially due to the hot weather yesterday.

My dd's Chinese name is hard to write, blame it to the fortune teller
However, her kindy has a good way to teach them write their names. During one of the school terms back in K1, the weekly homework was to write their names. Each week they were given one of the characters to write. By the end of the term, DD could write her name very well and now she enjoys writing her name everywhere despite the complicated strokes :love:

[sleepy]

P1 registration at phrase 2C now.


Have you all confirmed a school of your choice ?

[Sun_2010]

yup. Ages ago

[noixlml]

I am really stressed with my girl going into P1 next year. She has the gift of the gab and a very sharp mind but the movement of a giant tortoise not even a baby one and super stubborn. She doesn't want to read and spell properly and she takes her own sweet time to do things. Be it bathing, writing or eating, I always have to give her a timeline. As I def can't be with her in school, I am really worried about how she will cope amongst her peers at this rate she is going. She really likes to procrastinate. Really want to bang my head on the wall. :frustrated:



Ever since I found out I was pregnant this year, I started teaching her how to write, spell and read more as I know I won't have much time with her when the baby is born. On top of that, I also have a 16 month old to take care of. She is ok with writing and spelling both her English and Chinese names but up till now when it comes to reading and spelling, she tends to memorise the words instead of concentrating on the sounds of the letters that make up the word and she guesses at times as well. I am really at my wit's end as I know I won't have much time with her as I would like once I deliver next month. And P1 is like 5 months away. I really dunno what to do short of sending her for classes but that costs a bomb. And if she can't read, she can't do any Maths questions either or read instructions. Any suggestions? TIA!

[janet88]

noixlml:

She is ok with writing and spelling both her English and Chinese names but up till now when it comes to reading and spelling, she tends to memorise the words instead of concentrating on the sounds of the letters that make up the word and she guesses at times as well. I am really at my wit's end as I know I won't have much time with her as I would like once I deliver next month. And P1 is like 5 months away. I really dunno what to do short of sending her for classes but that costs a bomb. And if she can't read, she can't do any Maths questions either or read instructions. Any suggestions? TIA!

I got my gal to start reading her books brought back from school but she hates reading...her teacher advised me to ask her to tell me what the story is all about instead of pressuring her to read.

Honestly, I am laid back with daughter since my older boy is in P4 and have to focus more on him. Other than that, I get some K2 assessment books to revise what has been taught in school. Have you considered sending her to RC classes ? Can't afford to send mine to enrichment centres but RC is affordable.

With a 3rd child arriving, have you found any help to cope with 3 ? Do consider that or you'll be very stressed. Take care.

[Jojo_2010]

Will ChongFu teache Higher Chinese Language in P1?

[janet88]

Hi Mummies,

My daughter was given both Chinese and English homework today.
For English, the worksheet is on preposition…no problem for that. But for Chinese, it was rearranging of sentence. :!: My daughter could only recognize 妈妈 and 洗. Other than that, she doesn’t know the rest, let alone rearranging to form a sentence. Oh yes, next Tuesday’s 听写 is 上衣， 长裤，纽扣 袖子. Any mummies here encounter such characters for K2 ?

[sleepy]

janet_lee88:

Hi Mummies,

But for Chinese, it was rearranging of sentence. :!: My daughter could only recognize 妈妈 and 洗. Other than that, she doesn't know the rest, let alone rearranging to form a sentence.

Shouldn't kindy teacher teach all the words in the sentence before asking the kids to rearange?

janet_lee88:

Oh yes, next Tuesday's 听写 is 上衣， 长裤，纽扣 袖子. Any mummies here encounter such characters for K2 ?

My dd's kindy tingxie - mostly seafood, fruits, animals.
Teacher would make them write a page in class. Reinforce at home, write another page as homework. Hence, usually no need to learn again when tingxie since already wrote 2 pages.

Your dd's kindy use a different approach?